Design Lead - Research & Experience Strategy (12 Month FTC)

Location: Greater London

Design Lead
- Research & Experience Strategy (12 Month FTC)
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August 12, 2026 (14 days left to apply) job requisition :
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** End Date
** Tuesday 11 August 2026
** Salary Range**£92,701 - £109,060
** We support flexible working –  for more information on flexible working options
**** Flexible Working Options
** Hybrid Working, Job Share
** Job Description Summary**.
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* JOB TITLE:

** Design Lead (Research & Experience Strategy) - 12 Month FTC
** SALARY:**£92,701-£109,060
** LOCATION(S):
** London
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* HOURS:

** Full Time
** WORKING PATTERN**:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
** About this Opportunity
** We’re looking for an experienced Design Lead to help shape the future of intelligent customer experiences within Intelligent Customer Products.

This is a design leadership role with design research as a core specialism. You'll use customer insight, behavioural understanding and critical thinking to help define the experiences, products and services we build, while leading design direction across a multidisciplinary squad.

We're looking for someone who is curious, comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the opportunity to help define new interaction models, products and services in a rapidly evolving space. This is a role for someone who can combine deep customer understanding with strategic leadership, helping teams decide not just how to build things, but what should be built in the first place.
** What you’ll be doing
**** Design Leadership & Experience Strategy
*** Lead design direction for a strategic product area, aligning customer needs, business priorities and technology opportunities.
* Shape experience strategy and future vision for intelligent, AI-enabled customer experiences.
* Use customer insight and research to influence product strategy, roadmap decisions and investment priorities.
** Research Leadership & Capability
*** Lead and guide research activity across the lab, ensuring teams have the evidence needed to make confident decisions.
* Build and evolve research capability within Intelligent Customer Products, helping establish standards, practices and ways of working that increase the impact of customer insight.
* Ensure customer understanding is embedded throughout the product lifecycle, from opportunity identification through to delivery and optimisation.
** People Leadership
*** Line manage and develop designers and researchers, supporting career growth, capability development and high performance.
* Create an inclusive, supportive environment where individuals can thrive and deliver their best work.
* Coach and mentor designers, helping raise capability across the team.
** Delivery, Impact & Ways of Working
*** Work with Product, Engineering and Design leaders to define and track Objectives and Key Results.
* Establish clear success measures and ensure customer, business and design outcomes remain aligned.
** Why join us?
** We’re transforming esting billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.
** What we’re looking for?
*** 8+ years experience leading design for complex digital products, platforms or services.
* Experience working on AI-enabled customer products, conversational experiences, virtual assistants, chat experiences or agentic systems.
* Strong understanding of the opportunities, limitations and design considerations associated with AI-powered customer experiences.
* Strong expertise in design research and using customer evidence to shape decisions, strategy and product direction.
* Experience leading and developing designers and researchers,…